On and Off the Avenue
Little Treats Galore: A Holiday Gift Guide
An annual roundup of things to make life a bit sparklier, a bit easier, or just a bit sillier.
By Rachel Syme
Put Your Money Where Your Loved One’s Mouth Is
A food writer’s annual guide to gastronomic gift giving.
By Helen Rosner
The Knotty Death of the Necktie
The pandemic may have brought an end to a flourishing history.
By Adam Gopnik
Spoiler Alert: Leftovers for Dinner
How to host a dinner party for nine using a pre-trash haul from Too Good to Go and other food-waste apps. Carb-averse guests, beware.
By Patricia Marx
Buy Your Loved Ones a Sequinned Double Cheeseburger: A Food-Themed Holiday Gift Guide
Kitchen tools, culinary trinkets, tinned treats, dinner-party fixings, and many more curios for the person of appetites in your life.
By Helen Rosner
Soak and the City
New Yorkers don’t need wellness culture to sell them on the ancient art of communal bathing.
By Rachel SymePhotography by Yael Malka
The Met Gala’s Reverential, Cat-Forward Karl Lagerfeld Looks
This year’s event featured plenty of gemstones, puffy fabrics, feathers, black leather, evening gloves, and homages to the late fashion designer’s feline friend.
By Rachel SymeArt by Sarula Bao
New Items Are on Sale All Week in The New Yorker Store
As the holiday season begins, enjoy discounts of up to thirty per cent on apparel and home goods for yourself and your loved ones.
By The New Yorker
How to Relive the Pleasures of a Landline
With the help of an old rotary phone and a Bluetooth-hookup doodad, you, too, can feel like Rock Hudson gabbing in the bathtub.
By Rachel Syme
How I Learned to Wear a Baseball Hat
The Internet is awash in novelty baseball hats, but I’ve found that the best ones are unearthed late at night, on eBay, guided by whatever keywords spring to mind.
By Rachel Syme